Flemish Prepositions
Learning the Flemish Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Flemish language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Flemish.
Flemish prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:
| English Prepositions | Flemish Prepositions |
| Prepositions | voorzetsels |
| inside the house | in het huis |
| outside the car | buiten de auto |
| with me | met mij/me |
| without him | zonder hem |
| under the table | onder de tafel |
| after tomorrow | na morgen |
| before sunset | voor zonsondergang |
| but I'm busy | maar ik ben bezig |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Flemish has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Flemish.
List of Prepositions in Flemish
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Flemish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Flemish vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Flemish Prepositions |
| about | over |
| above | boven |
| across | over/ … tegenover |
| after | na |
| against | tegen |
| among | tussen |
| around | rond |
| as | zoals/als [in comparisons only] |
| at | om/bij/aan [first only for time] |
| before | voor |
| behind | achter |
| below | beneden |
| beneath | onder |
| beside | naast |
| between | tussen |
| beyond | achter |
| but | maar |
| by | tegen/bij [first only for time] |
| despite | ondanks |
| down | neer |
| during | tijdens |
| except | behalve |
| for | voor |
| from | van/uit |
| in | in |
| inside | binnen |
| into | in |
| near | kortbij |
| next | volgend |
| of | van |
| on | op |
| opposite | tegenover |
| out | uit |
| outside | buiten |
| over | over |
| per | per |
| plus | plus |
| round | rond |
| since | sinds |
| than | dan |
| through | door |
| till | tot |
| to | naar |
| toward | naar |
| under | onder |
| unlike | niet zoals |
| until | tot |
| up | naar boven |
| via | via |
| with | met |
| within | binnenin |
| without | buiten |
| two words | twee woorden |
| according to | volgens |
| because of | door/wegens [in written language only] |
| close to | kortbij |
| due to | omdat/doordat/wegens [in written language only] |
| except for | behalve |
| far from | verre van |
| inside of | binnenin |
| instead of | in plaats van |
| near to | dichtbij |
| next to | naast |
| outside of | buiten |
| prior to | voor |
| three words | drie woorden |
| as far as | in zoverre dat |
| as well as | (en) ook |
| in addition to | bovendien |
| in front of | voor |
| in spite of | ondanks |
| on behalf of | in naam van |
| on top of | op |
| demonstrative prepositions | aanwijzende voornaamwoorden |
| this | deze/dit [dep on the article] |
| that | die - dat [dep on the article] |
| these | deze |
| those | die |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Flemish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Flemish Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Flemish lessons here: Learn Flemish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.